UN Announces Outstanding Winners of Women's Business Awards – New Business Ethiopia

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Announces Finalists for Women's Sixth Empretec Women's Achievement Awards

These awards recognize outstanding business women who have benefited from UNCTAD's global entrepreneurship training, Empretec, and become role models for their outstanding achievements in the management of micro and small businesses.

The winners will be announced on October 25 at the World Investment Forum, which will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 October 2018.

More than 50 nominations were submitted by the Empretec centers of 19 country. The 10 finalists were selected by a panel of experts based on the innovation, leadership and impact on their communities that the candidates demonstrated.

Since its launch in 1988, the Empretec program has trained and motivated more than 400,000 entrepreneurs in more than 40 countries

The finalists for 2018 (in alphabetical order, by country) are:

• Rosana Marques (Brazil ): Ouseuse, swimsuits and lingerie
• Rocio Castro Fernandez (Ecuador): Momoa, clothes for nursing mothers
• Ndey Fatou Njie (Gambia): TiGA, clothes from Bath
• Chandra Vadhana (India): Skills Development, Training, Assessments and Human Resources
• Lama Sha & # 39; a; (Jordan): International Robotics Academy, Education for 6-16 years old in robotics and science, technology, engineering and mathematics
• Uneiza Ali lssufo (Mozambique): ConsMoz Lda – Mozambique Building Limited, Constr uction
• Barbara Ofwono Buyondo (Uganda): Victorious Education Services, from kindergarten to elementary school
• Ana de León (Uruguay): Ruta 10 Upcycling, bicycle design company (bags, accessories of recycled materials)
• Rina Arráez (Venezuela): Inversiones Alces 1012 CA, accessories handmade from recycled materials
• Leah Diana Mitaba (Zambia): Butterfly Initiatives, cooperative for the production of vegetables and fruits [19659018] Thanks to the sponsors, the winner and the two others laureates will have the chance to take an executive course in digital marketing by IMD Lausanne, sponsored by the MBA Business School in Grenoble, France, and a watch by Delance from Switzerland among other gifts.

  Previous winners of the Empretec Women in Business Award include:

  • 2016: Tran Thi Viet, Viet Tranf Crafts, Vietnam
  • 2014: Lina Jalil Khalifeh, Shefighter, Jordan,
  • 20 12: Melissa de Leon , Panama Gourmet,
  • 2010: Béatrice Ayuru Byaruhanga, Lira Integrated School, Uganda
  • 2008: Sana Zaal Burgan, Med Grant, Jordan.